Morning. Another Friday. Another story. Another chance to play around with structure. Today's question: can the patient information for a drug tell a story? jonathanwood.substack.com/p/side-effec...

Never give up hope.

Morning. Today, I posted a little ode to writing, and the joy it brings me. Hopefully something for all the people who also love writing. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/why-i-love...

It's Monday, so here's another link to me talking. This week's story features weird flowers, poor business decisions, and revenge. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/knowledge-...

Morning. Some free fiction for your Friday. This week: micro-horror and megaflora. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/knowledge-...

Some thoughts on writing engaging characters and my own hot take on whether protagonists need to be like-able or not. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/a-question...

Oh look it's Monday and my cold is no longer trying to kill me. So here's a link to me continuing to spout fictional madness. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/letters-fr...

Morning. Some thoughts about inspiration, whether it's actually helpful, and some ways to reach for it anyway. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/99-perspir...

Welcome to the 2026 Criticism Special Issue! The Brackish Pool: Towards a Critical Practice of Reading Weird Fiction by Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

The snowpocalypse may be here, but it's Monday so there's another audio edition of Something's a Little Off. This week: absurdity, phones, and the rebellious act of being happy. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/the-upgrad...

Another day, another story. This week: I attempt to not upgrade my phone. My network provider does not take kindly to these efforts... open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...

Big five publishers, I’d be happy to be the EiC of a weird fiction imprint for you. I can even write a press release about it that people will understand! The works themselves, though, no one will understand. We’ll lose so much money putting so many cult classics out into the world. Think about it!

Has anyone else noticed Word's grammar check becoming noticeably more aggressive and also much worse over the past month or so?

Oh look, more thoughts about fiction and writing. This time about dialogue, and straddling the line between verisimilitude and the necessary abstraction of putting words on a page. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/do-you-hea...

Morning. Fresh Friday = fresh fiction. This week, sheep commit crimes! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/uplifting

Morning. Another Monday, another bit of audio. Today's story: fashion, the people who design it, and questionable pasts. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/inner-ugly...

Morning. Today, I continue in my quest to make things that shouldn't tell stories tell stories. Today: a review of a fashion show that didn't happen. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/inner-ugly

Well, this isn't a TERRIBLE way to kick off 2026...

another great article on writing

Morning! New year, same me, so blather continues over at Something's a Little Off. Today: some thoughts on finding your authorial voice. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/raise-your...

Posting continued relentlessly over the holiday break as I continue to skirt the "impressively productive" vs "problematic loggorrhea" line. Anyway, for a little light comedy and some book reccos, head over to jonathanwood.substack.com

New Monday. New audio. This week: spies, double crosses, triple crosses, quadruple crosses, quintuple... you know, I think you get the idea. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/straight-u...

Morning. It's Friday, so there's fresh fiction up. This time a riff on spies and double crosses, with a mild side serving of total absurdity. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/straight-u...

Morning. Today, a brief post about one of my favorite things: action scenes. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/lights-cam...

Morning. Monday means another audio edition of Something's a Little Off. This week: tumorous buildings. Because... erm... reasons. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/a-virus-of...

Morning. Today's micro-fictional offering: a history of an event that never happened. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/a-virus-of...

Today's post about writing is a Venn diagram of D&D nerdery, LOTR nerdery, and psych major nerdery. You know who you people are. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/being-choi...

Morning. Today's audio venture: a history of the universe in sentences of 5 words or less. Because... why not? Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/min-max-au...

Hey internet hivemind, a question - my two kindles won't connect to my home wifi. They will connect to my phone as a mobile hub. I did recently replace my modem, but everything else has connected to it fine. Any suggestions?

Morning. Much of the point of these weekly stories is to set creative challenges for myself. Today, I tried to tell the history of the universe in sentences of 5 words max. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to pull it off, but I sort of love what it did to my prose jonathanwood.substack.com/p/min-max

Morning! Today: some thoughts on maintaining your mojo the day after success. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/alternativ...

Morning. It's Monday and last week there was a Friday, and last Thursday it was Thanksgiving here in the US, which all means that I have a trash horror-comedy story up in both text and audio formats. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com

Morning! Some quick thoughts about the mental balancing act that the act of creation requires. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/i-am-the-s...

Another Monday, another opportunity for me to witter nonsense in your ear. This week: denials, dismemberment, and disbelief. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/we-strongl...

Morning! It's Friday so I wrote another mini story. I will say, I'm happier with this title than I normally am... jonathanwood.substack.com/p/we-strongl...

Morning. This is a question I've been asked a few times, and because the answer is a little more complicated than you might think, I wrote it all down. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/why-do-aut...

Morning! Why not kick off your week with the audio one man performing a deeply meta play that clearly requires two people? Unrelated, but how does marketing my own writing work again? jonathanwood.substack.com/p/somethings...

Morning! I've got more free Friday fiction up. This week a deeply meta one-scene play. Because... why not? Enjoy??? jonathanwood.substack.com/p/somethings...

Morning. What's that? You were just thinking that you could really do with a bunch of paragraphs about paragraphs? Well that's a weird coincidence... jonathanwood.substack.com/p/when-do-i-...

I've got a little Monday-funny up today. Six minutes of me making an idiot of myself with a microphone in the form of a fantasy story about dragons. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/overplunde...

Morning! It's Friday again, and so I have committed fiction again. This week: dragons and greed-fueled disaster (incidentally based on the original concept for my Dragon Lords triology). Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/overplunder

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Morning! "Something's a Little Off" has officially turned two! That means I've posted 1 story a week for 2 years now. So that's 104 stories available for free. Links to a few of my favorites from the past year can be found at the far end of the link below. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/the-terrib...

Morning! Missing Halloween already? Let the spooky season linger with today's story. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/trick-or-t...

Oh look, Halloween falls on Friday. Probably a good day to post a themed story then, isn't it? Well, I thought so. Today: a haunted house, some fun phobias, and candy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/trick-or-t...

Morning. Today: a couple of thoughts about fantastic fiction, the awe it inspires, and the role of wonder in our lives. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/sensawunda

Added a journal system to Curse the Blood of Frankenstein! For extra lore, backstory, and fun stuff #indiegame #solodev #horror #2d #pixelart

Another Monday, another bit of audio. Got 6 minutes and need some existential pondering about maps, and wonder, and the benefits of unknown spaces in the world? Well, that's a remarkable coincidence, because I have a story about exactly those things. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/destinatio...

Morning. It's Friday and I have more free fiction for you. This week: map-making, tall tales, and a hatred of facts. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/destinatio...

Morning! Today, I've got a post up with a few thoughts about that old chestnut: art vs craft. One I left out: it's a popular topic because it almost rhymes! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/gollum-mode